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Solution Sheet
Integrated Airport Security The nature and type of security threats facing airports worldwide
data raises situational awareness from the perimeter to the
are constantly changing. This challenging environment brings
tarmac, and from the tower to the terminal.
to the forefront the escalating need to protect infrastructure, equipment, and especially the traveling public. Airport security
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professionals must, however, accomplish this by managing risk
Once the system detects a possible security breach, you need
and compliance with policy, while being prudent with limited
flexible and responsive analytical tools to sort out normal activities
budgets. Airports are an important part of the global supply
from suspicious ones, and make sense of even the most chaotic
chain and must develop the business resilience to mitigate and
situations. For example, your security team needs to quickly
respond to threats as they unfold.
discern the accidental input of an incorrect keypad code from
In the United States alone, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration found that security breaches averaged about seven per day since November 2001.These breaches allowed more than 14,000 people to enter limited-access areas through airport doors or passageways, and in some cases enabled them to proceed unauthorized from airport buildings to airplanes.
an attempted break-in, or a forgotten suitcase from a planted explosive device. Intergraph’s policy engine and rules-based software records and remembers routine activities and eliminates them, so your team can focus its resources on confirmed threats. Our solution acts as a force multiplier, reducing costs and ultimately saving lives.
Closing these gaps without interfering with normal airport
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operations can be confounding when using conventional
Unlike systems from other security vendors, Intergraph’s
security measures. That’s why some of the busiest airports in
integrated solutions can automatically create event records and
the world, including Chicago O’Hare International Airport, rely on
report them directly to our globally deployed computer-aided
Intergraph®’s proven, integrated solutions. Our next-generation
dispatch software. The software defines the location, event
software brings you unprecedented technology to design and
type, and contact information regarding the alarm that occurred.
implement comprehensive security systems, including sensor and
Intergraph implementation services can configure interfaces
video integration to improve situational awareness and enable
to your alarms, access control devices, and sensor systems,
quick response to any emergency. Our technology combines
to achieve real-time situational awareness that speeds
security monitoring and tracking, rules-driven procedures,
emergency response.
intelligence-based assessment, and automated resource allocation for a comprehensive detect-assess-respond workflow.
Multi-Agency Interoperability Intergraph’s expert team recognizes that airport security is not
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limited simply to physical devices and systems placed at the
Intergraph’s airport security solutions integrate your video
airport, but is part of a regional or homeland security, all-hazards
surveillance cameras, alarm systems, intrusion detection
solution. Our team drives and implements standards that enable
devices, object tracking systems, closed-circuit television, and
data-sharing among authorized users. We integrate our solutions,
other sensor systems, and displays them in an easy-to-understand,
including risk and compliance management, with offerings from
common operating picture. The intelligent convergence of this
various partners, such as the Open Standards Security Alliance,
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC®), and National Information Exchange Model (NIEM).
The Power of EdgeFrontier® Intergraph’s exclusive EdgeFrontier middleware is the power behind our intelligent convergence capabilities, allowing you to combine disparate data types. This unique middleware performs not only protocol translation, but also handles rules and policy issues for more effective workflows. Used in public safety and security implementations around the globe, EdgeFrontier manages multiple data feeds to transform data into information, and information into knowledge. With EdgeFrontier, you’ll experience significant savings in bandwidth, custom coding, and other resources. In times of limited funds and escalating
Intergraph’s Airport Security Solution raises situational awareness from the perimeter to the tarmac, and from the tower to the terminal.
threats, our solution delivers results while helping you remain within budget.
ABOUT INTERGRAPH Intergraph is the leading global provider of engineering and geospatial software that enables customers to visualize complex data. Businesses and governments in more than 60 countries rely on Intergraph’s industryspecific software to organize vast amounts of data to make processes and infrastructure better, safer and smarter. The company’s software and services empower customers to build and operate more efficient plants and ships, create intelligent maps, and protect critical infrastructure and millions of people around the world. Intergraph operates through two divisions: Process, Power & Marine (PP&M) and Security, Government & Infrastructure (SG&I). Intergraph PP&M provides enterprise engineering software for the design, construction, operation and data management of plants, ships and offshore facilities.
Intergraph SG&I provides geospatially powered solutions, including ERDAS technologies, to the public safety and security, defense and intelligence, government, transportation, photogrammetry, and utilities and communications industries. Intergraph Government Solutions (IGS) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Intergraph Corporation responsible for the SG&I U.S. federal and classified business. Intergraph is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hexagon AB, (Nordic exchange: HEXA B) and (Swiss exchange: HEXN). For more information, visit www.intergraph.com and www.hexagon.com.
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